Sun 18 October 2020: Health officials in New York put a stop to a planned wedding after receiving reports that “upwards of 10,000 individuals” were scheduled to attend the event in Brooklyn on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. “We received a suggestion that that was happening. We did an investigation and found that it […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: As Paris and other cities and regions enter the first night of a curfew Saturday, new cases of coronavirus infections hit a new daily record. There were 90 new fatalities with France’s death toll now standing at 33,392. A total of 7,198 patients remain hospitalized with 1,269 in the ICU, but […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites, Al Haram Mosque (Grand Mosque) in Makkah, for the first time in seven months, state television reported early on Sunday. A group of worshipers prayed Fajr (the dawn prayer) in […]
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Sat 17 October 2020: Over 1.3M COVID-19 patients have also recovered across continent, according to Africa CDC YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Africa’s coronavirus cases to date now total over 1.62 million, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) figures released Saturday. At least 39,584 people have died across the continent, according to […]
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Sat 17 October 2020: “Every year, there are up to 3.5 million severe cases of seasonal influenza worldwide, and up to 650,000 respiratory-related deaths.” Currently, the drug dexamethasone is still the only therapeutic shown to be effective against the novel coronavirus for severe patients, the chief of the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO Director-General […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: A global study finds that the rise in chronic conditions has exacerbated the corona virus death toll. The world is caught in a perfect storm of rising rates of chronic disease, persistent infectious diseases, and public health failures that have fueled deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a major global […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: We recommend that both swine workers and the swine population be continually monitored for indications of SADS-CoV infections to prevent outbreaks New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that a strain of coronavirus that has recently alarmed the swine industry may have the potential to spread […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: Russia’s new cases surge to record high of 15,150 Russia’s daily tally surged to a record high of 15,150, including 5,049 in the capital Moscow, pushing the national total to 1,369,313 since the pandemic began. Authorities reported 232 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: A Department of Defense and United Airlines study looking at the risk of catching the coronavirus while on a flight found that a person would need to be sitting next to an infected passenger for at least 54 hours to receive “an infectious dose” through the air. The study was conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense and United […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: Equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines globally will be key to avoiding long-lasting scars on the world economy Strong international cooperation on coronavirus vaccines could speed up the world economic recovery and add $9 trillion to global income by 2025, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. […]
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